Watch-holder.



J. S. MURPHEY.

' WATCH HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1912.

LRQLAQQ) Patented June 23, 191%.

TTED STATES FATE i canton.

. JOHN S. MURPHEY,.OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR T JOHN W, MEALY & SONS 00., 0F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A CORPORATTONOF MARYLAND.

' To all whom it may concern:

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WATCH-HOLDER.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 191a.

Application filed September 30, 1912. Serial No. 723,026.

Be it, known that I, JOHN S. MURPHEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Watch-Holders, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved safety watch-holder for personal wear.

()ne object of the invention is to provide a watch holder which will retain a watch and prevent its accidental displacement while women the person.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bracelet watch-holder of such construction that the watch may be attached thereto and then locked in its place of attachment by partly rotating the watch with respect to the bracelet-band orchain.

With these and other objects in view the invention is illustrated in the accompanying Figure 1 shows a holder and bracelet with a ,watch attached thereto,the same being constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2, shows a rear or inner face view of the holder and watch carried thereby. Fig. 3, illustrates a front face view of the holder,-the bracelet portion andwatch having been detached and the parts being shown in the position to receive the watch but unlocked. Fig. 4, is a similar view but shows the parts turned or rotated to secure or lock the watch in place. Fig 5, shows a crosssectional detail through the h0lderthe section being taken on the line 55 of Fig.

3, and Fig. 6, illustrates another cross-sectional detail which section is taken on'the line 6--6 of Fig. 4.

teferring to the drawing the numeral, 1, designates a base plate of a general circular and disk-like form which is slightly concavo-convex' in cross-section. At diametrically opposite edges said base plate, in the present instance, is provided with outwardly-projecting lugs, 2, each of which has a slot, 3, for a purpose presently to be described. The base plate, 1, also has a peripheral slot or opening, 4, in its edge between the diametrical lugs, 2, and said slot or opening preferably has a central off-set or elongation, 5, although this is not essen- A clamp plate, 6, also of a general circular form and concavo-convex in crosssection has its convex surface seated against have hook-ends, 10, for engagingthe rim of a watch, 11. The clamp plate also has a hook-shaped arm, 12, which projects and curves outwardly and backwardly thereover and a slot or opening, 13, is provided which extends from the back-turned end of the hook-arm,- 12, toward the center of said plate. The opening, 13, has an enlarged portion between the rim edge, 9, and the center of the plate and, is also provided with a smaller off-set, 14, between such enlarged portion and said plate center. By comparing the opening, 13,'in the clamp plate with the marginal opening, 4, inthe base plate, it will be seen that while in general shape the two openings are alike, yet the opening, 4, in the base plate'breaks away the margin of the rim of the said plate; in the clamp plate the opening-differs by extending into the hooleshapedarm, 12, where it'is closed.

By referring to Figs. 3 and 5 of the'drawing it 'will be noted that the opening, 4, of the base plate, 1, and the opening, 13, of the clamp plate are in register and that the hookarm, 12, projects outwardly beyond the said opening, 4. While the two plates remain in this position of registered openings the side lugs, 2, of the base plate will have position at right angles to the opening, 13, of the clamp plate, and in this position the ring,

15, stem, 16', and post, 17, of the watch may be passed through the registered openings, 4, and, 13,the ofl-sets, 5, and, 14, giving suflicient space for the passage of the ring and the enlarged portion of the opening permitting the passage of the stem, 16. After the ringvand stem have been passed through the openings the watch should have the back of the Watch-case against the concave side of the clamp-plate 6', this will cause the watch-post to move outwardly in the closed end of the opening, 13, of the hook-shaped arm thus compelling the closed end of the hook-shaped arm, 12, to take around the front side of the watch-post, 17 as shown in -Fig. 1.

By then pressing the rim of the watch beneath the ends, 10, of the clip fingers, 8, the watch will be held properly against the clamp plate.

After the watch has been properly attached to the clamp plate, (with its post, 17 projecting through the opening in the outwardly-curved end of the hook-arm, 12) the clamp-plate and watch may both be partly rotated on and with respect to the base-plate and bracelet-strap, until twelve oclock characters of the watch dial are disposed in a line parallel with the bracelet strap or band, as shown in Fig. 1. When this partial rotation of the clamp plate and watch has been made it will be noted that the opening, 13, of the clampplate will have been moved out of register with the opening, 4, iirthe base plate, and as long as these two openings are out of register the post, 17, of the watch cannot be withdrawn or detached because the base plate closes said clamp-plate opening, and the watch is thereby locked in place and cannot become free even if the watch-rim should disengage from .one or more of the clip fingers, 8. Moreover when the twelve oclock characters on the dial have been disposed in the position with respect to the braceletstrap as last described, the wearer of the b'racelet'may conveniently read the time on the watch dial by bowing the arm at the elbow andholding the fore arm extended crosswise of the breast.

A suitable catch'device may be provided to engage the base and clamp plates when the two plates are in the locked position; such device for example may be a depression, 18, on one plate and a coacting projection, 19, on the other plate, which coacting devices will engage when brought into register, as shown in.Figs. 5 and 6.

- Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is I. 'A bracelet watch holder having a base plate with an opening between its center and marginal edge, a watch-holding plate having a slotted arm to straddle the post of a watch,-the slot in said arm extending over onto the base plate; means for movthe ably connecting said iiwo plates to permit one of them to be moved with respect to the other whereby the marginal edge of the base plate may be moved to effect a partial closure of the slot-opening in the watch- .holding plate and means on one of said plates for the engagement of-a bracelet.

2. A bracelet watch holder having a base plate with an opening extending inwardly from its marginal edge a. watch-holding plate having means to engage the watch case and also having a hook-shaped arm extending outwardly and upwardly therefrom said arm and holding plate being provided with an opening which extends from the holding plate outwardly and upwardly into the arm and which is closed by the end of the arm,-the closed end of the arm being elevated with respect to theholding plate so that the stem of a watch resting on the plate will project through the arm-opening and be embraced by said arm end and means for movably connecting the two plates to permit the two openings to be brought into register.

3. A bracelet watch-holder having a base-plate with an opening extending inwardly from the marginal edge thereof and also having means at diametrically opposite edges for engaging a bracelet; a watchholding plate having watch-engaging means thereon and also having a watch-post engaging arm 'extending laterally and upwardly therefrom said arm having an opening which curves downwardly and inwardly and extends into the holding plate and beyond the marginal edge of the base plate and'means for pivotally connecting the two plates adjacent to the inner ends of their ture in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN S. MURPHEY.

Witnesses:

CHARLES B. MANN, Jr., G. Fran. Voer. 

